Certificate Programs
Earn a Yale non-degree certificate in topics vital to the addressing the climate emergency and achieving a sustainable future.
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Financing and Deploying Clean Energy Certificate
This online certificate program — developed by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment — trains and connects rising leaders to catalyze the transition to a clean economy, aiming to accelerate the uptake of clean energy by building capacity in the workforce in the areas of policy, finance, and technology.
Tropical Forest Landscapes Certificate
In this yearlong program — developed by the Environmental Leadership Training Initiative — you will learn to design, implement and monitor effective conservation and restoration initiatives. Initiatives can be projects, policies, business plans and programs at any scale.
Urban Climate Leadership Certificate
This program — developed in partnership with the Hixon Center for Urban Sustainability — is committed to the growth of its participants and acceleration of solutions that will create and transform cities we need for an equitable and regenerative future.
Clean and Equitable Energy Development Certificate
This online program — developed by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment and the Yale Center for Environmental Justice — aims to build skills and create networks to help develop equitable, affordable, and resilient clean energy systems. Participants will learn how to recognize energy injustice, tackle energy inequality, and lead efforts toward the Just Energy Transition.
Program Length
12 weeks – two yearly cohorts:
Fall: Sept to Dec
Spring: Jan to May
Application Deadline
September 9, 2024 for Spring 2024 cohort